. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. t ability and judg-ment. An American of old lineage, free from preju-dice, earnest, manly, he seemed especially fitted for asee in Kentucky, Yet there was some reluctance toapprove the selection, as there was an impression thathe lacked firmness and energy. The authorities atRome hesitated till Archbishop Eccleston and BishopKenrick of Philadelphia gave their decided bulls finally arrived appointing Very Rev. 1 For the labors of the Jesuit Fathers in Kentucky see WoodstockLetters, ii., pp. 109, 189. Et. Rev. B. J. Flaget, Lette
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. t ability and judg-ment. An American of old lineage, free from preju-dice, earnest, manly, he seemed especially fitted for asee in Kentucky, Yet there was some reluctance toapprove the selection, as there was an impression thathe lacked firmness and energy. The authorities atRome hesitated till Archbishop Eccleston and BishopKenrick of Philadelphia gave their decided bulls finally arrived appointing Very Rev. 1 For the labors of the Jesuit Fathers in Kentucky see WoodstockLetters, ii., pp. 109, 189. Et. Rev. B. J. Flaget, Letters; U. S. , v., p. 169. DIOCESE OF BARDSTOWN AND LOUISVILLE. 191 Martin J. Spalding, Bishop of Lengone, and coadjutorwith the right of succession. Greatly relieved inmind, the aged Bishop prepared for his last publicofficial act, and on the 10th of September, 1848,though extremely feeble, consecrated his third coad-jutor, being assisted by the Bislio]3s of Philadelphiaand Nashville. The sermon was delivered by theArchbishop of St. p^^^^^^^^-sS^^^S^-^^a^^^ ST. JOSEPH S COLLEGE, BAEDSTOWN, KY. He was cheered by the return of the Society ofJesus to Kentucky, the Fathers of the vice-provinceof Missouri having in July consented to take chargeof St. Josephs College, and begin one in Louisville,where they were also to direct a free school. On the 18th of December a colony of forty-threefrom the Trappist abbey of Melleray in France arrivedat Louisville, and after presenting to the Bishop letters 1 Pittsburgh Catholic, v., p. 221 ; Boston Cath. Observer, ii., p. 150;Freemans Journal, Sept. 16, 1848. Spalding, Life of ArchbishopSpalding. 192 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. from their abbot, and the Bishop of Nantes, proceededto Gethsemane, fourteen miles beyond wisely guided than the earlier colony of theseaustere Cistercians, the monastery of Grethsemaneprospered, and in time became an abbey. The placehad been occupied and named by the Sisters ofLore
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